Greg Etafia

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Greg Etafia
Personal information
Full name Greg Etafia
Date of birth (1982-09-30) 30 September 1982 (age 40)
Place of birth Auchi, Nigeria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Highlands Park
Number 34
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000 NUB Kaduna
2000–2001 Lobi Stars
2001–2003 Plateau United
2003–2015 Moroka Swallows 198 (0)
2019– Highlands Park 0 (0)
International career
2003 Nigeria 4 (0)
Managerial career
2016 Moroka Swallows (caretaker)
2016–2017 Cape Town All Stars
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:19, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Greg Etafia (born 30 September 1982) is a Nigerian football goalkeeper who plays for South African Premier Soccer League club Highlands Park. [1]

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Career

Etafia played for Lobi Stars in the CAF Champions League and the Nigeria national under-23 football team which participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics. [2]

Etafia played for Moroka Swallows in South Africa from 2003 until 2015.

He has also been a member of the Nigeria national football team [ citation needed ].

Coaching career

A few weeks after retiring in the summer 2015, it was announced that Etafia would continue at Moroka Swallows, but as a goalkeeper coach. [3] On 8 March 2016, Etafia was appointed caretaker manager of the club for the rest of the season. [4]

On 21 September 2016, Etafia moved to Cape Town All Stars, accepting a goalkeeper coaching position. [5] Two months later, at the end of October 2016, Etafia was appointed caretaker once again. [6] In his time in charge, Etafia moved All Stars off the bottom of the standings to the first position of safety in 14th place, while guiding the club to the last 32 of the Nedbank Cup. In the beginning of January 2017, the club announced that he would continue as the club's manager. [7] However, he left the club few days later.

In May 2017, he joined Baroka F.C. as a goalkeeper coach. [8] He left the club one year later, May 2018, when a new coach arrived with his own technical staff. [9]

Four years after retiring from playing football, Etafia signed with Highlands Park F.C. on 17 July 2019. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Greg Etafia - biography, stats, rating, footballer's profile | Football Top.com". www.footballtop.com. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  2. ↑ Emeka Ezeugwu (9 August 2000). "Nigeria: Visa Hitch Threatens Etafia's Olympic Dream". AllAfrica. Lagos. This Day. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Etafia confirms new role at Swallows, sport24.co.za, 7 August 2015
  4. ↑ Greg Etafia named Moroka Swallows' caretaker coach, uk.sports.yahoo.com, 8 March 2016
  5. ↑ Greg Etafia appointed Cape Town All Stars goalkeeper coach, uk.sports.yahoo.com, 21 September 2016
  6. ↑ NFD: THE COACHES, psl.co.za, 11 November 2016
  7. ↑ All Stars trust in Etafia, kickoff.com, 7 January 2017
  8. ↑ Baroka Further Strengthen Technical Team, soccerladuma.co.za, 9 May 2017
  9. ↑ Etafia explains Baroka FC exit, kickoff.com, 16 May 2018
  10. ↑ Etafia comes out of retirement, signs for Highlands, citizen.co.za, 17 July 2019
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